[christor]

Here are some interesting things I found in the string files. Not sure if they were there before, but they appear to point at some unimplemented features in the store:

"137.067" = "Give a Gift or Create an iMix?";
"137.068" = "Would you like to give “^1” as a gift or publish it as an iMix?";

"4300.100" = "Some of the songs in the iTunes music library were not copied to the iPod “^1” because this iPod is limited to ^2 songs.";
"4300.101" = "An upgrade which allows more songs may be available for the iPod “^1”. Would you like to purchase this upgrade?";
"4300.102" = "An upgrade which allows more songs is available for the iPod “^1”. Would you like to purchase this upgrade?";
"4300.103" = "Purchase Upgrade";
"4300.104" = "Use Available Space";

"4301.100" = "Some of the songs in the iTunes music library were not copied to the mobile phone “^1” because this mobile phone is limited to ^2 songs.";
"4301.101" = "An upgrade which allows more songs may be available for the mobile phone “^1”. Would you like to purchase this upgrade?";
"4301.102" = "An upgrade which allows more songs is available for the mobile phone “^1”. Would you like to purchase this upgrade?";
"4301.103" = "Purchase Upgrade";
"4301.104" = "Use Available Space";

"9000.026" = "Party Shuffle";
"9000.027" = "There is not enough free space on “^1” to hold all of the selected songs.";
"9000.028" = "Podcasts";
"9000.029" = "Videos";


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Other tidbits point toward a Videos folder in the Sources menu after the Purchased item. (Wasn't that called "Purchased Music" before. Can't remember.

[Cadaver]

I really hope Apple doesn't intend to limit a "1,000 song" iPod to actually 1,000 songs. That would simply piss me off. What about all the unused space if your songs are short or use a low bit-rate?!

Purchase more space for a pre-existing iPod? Maybe the rumors of about the 4GB iPod mini's actually having 5GB or 6GB HDs in them were true.

[christor]

The three things I got out of this were:
(1) You'll soon be able to send a playlist as a gift. So you can buy someone the modern equivalent of a mix tape.
(2) There may be plans for iPods or phones that are sold at lower capacities than the hardware permits. Could be cheaper for apple to standardize on parts, but, still, artificially differentiating prices when there is zero difference in the underlying good means either the price on the low end is artificially low (doubtful) or that the price on the higher end good is artificially high (meaning a competitor could offer the same thing at a reduced price). The danger of the latter is diminished by the power of apple's brand and the large lead in usability and quality it has over its rivals.
All that said, this tidbit could refer to something completely different.
(3) There are several hints in the strings and rsrc file that a Videos item will make its way into the Sources list. "Videos" already appears next to "Podcasts" in the Search Bar, but the proximity of Videos to both Podcasts and Party Shuffle (and Purchased in other places, though I'm not sure about that) makes me think that Videos is set to be included.
(4) Just to be sure I wasn't going crazy, I googled for some pics of the old iTunes. "Purchased Music" has now been renamed "Purchased." See, e.g., here: http://joi.ito.com/images/it4.gif